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Originally Posted by Edgar's Mom
CopperStar, I have 10 mg Zyprexa prescribed to me as a PRN for when I have my outburst/meltdowns that may be part of a mixed episode (not sure about that) or just bipolar rage. The idea is that if I feel myself escalating I run and get one and take it and hope it kicks in before I freak out.
Whenever I take one it knocks me flat out. As soon as it kicks in I fall asleep and spend most of the next 24 hours asleep. When I wake up I feel suicidal and in an absolute hopeless black depression. I can barely talk or function.
Thankfully I only have to take them a 2 or 3 times a year, but I wanted you to know that I get both extreme sedation/tiredness as well as the suicidal depression after taking them.
I'm extremely sensitive to drugs though. I see people on here taking that dose daily and I can't imagine, although I know the body adjusts after a time.
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See that was where I was trying to go with it, that I would be willing to take Zyprexa as needed when I can tell I'm getting mixed/psychotic, nip in the bud and bear the depression for a few days, when needed. And that I would like to be on a stabilizer as everyday treatment, not the AP.
But my pdoc told me that taking Zyprexa only as-needed would result in me having constant withdrawal symptoms, and she seemed to be blaming my depression on the fact that I was only taking the Zyprexa as-needed and that the depression must be withdrawal.
I really don't think I can Zyprexa every single day, though. It really does make me feel extremely depressed and suicidal. Those thoughts/feelings are already there but the Zyprexa makes them ten times worse. I passively agreed to keep trying Zyprexa daily for 3 more weeks, since that's when my next appointment is. But the whole thing feels ridiculous to me.